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1 10 Tech Tools You Need to Tackle Classroom Challenges Dr. Howie DiBlasi “Emerging Technologies Evangelist” Digital Journey Presentation : 2012 TWITTER: hdiblasi [email protected]

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What tools do I use every day and how should we integrate technology skills into the classroom and content? Answers here in the Slide-Share presentation. Learn how to "Tackle Classroom Challenges" and engage your students.

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  • 1.10 Tech Tools You Need toTackle Classroom ChallengesDr. Howie DiBlasiEmerging TechnologiesEvangelistDigital JourneyPresentation : 2012TWITTER: [email protected]

2. Conference Links:Tools For The Classroomwww.drhowie.comTWITTER: hdiblasiSkype: durangodirector 2 3. 10 Tech Tools You Need toTackle Classroom Challenges3 4. www.drhowie.com4 5. FAST & Furious !!5 6. Cathy: WOW! Lots of Commentsgreat things here! Buck: physics withLegos... who knew! Lambek: Thank you for Catherine: How doesall the inspiration - it is ahe have time togreat gift!check all of these Linda: holy moly!every day? Does heWhew!!!!sleep? Awesome presentation Rick: Wow What an Dr. Howie isincredible list ofHOWLINGLY THE BESTresources!6 7. ToolsBut how do you choose the right one?And how do you keep up with all thenew and often better tools? Here are some ideas >>>>>7 8. 10 Tech Tools You Need toTackle Classroom Challenges Research and information fluency Creativity-Innovation Communication Collaboration Global connections Critical thinking Problem solving Presentation Skills Professional growth Community involvement8 9. Sweet Search www.sweetsearch.com/ SweetSearch is A Search Engine forStudents. It searches only credible Websites approved by Internet researchexperts. 9 10. 10 11. Searchy Pants A Safe Search Engine for Kids http://searchypants.com/ Simple and safe internet search engineFamilies, children and pupils Create a custom search home page GOOGLE ADS !!!11 12. 12 13. Boolify Project: An Educational Boolean Web Search Tool http://www.boolify.org/ Lessons- Using Basic Boolean Search Operators (AND, OR, NOT Project: An Educational ... You and your students will be up and running with the tool in a ... About - Why Use Boolify: Librarians, teachers & parents have said An Educational Boolean Web ... Boolify provides learners with a manipulative mental model for .. .Help What is Boolean logic? Boolean logic is a mathematics-based ... Boolify Project Boolify provides learners with a manipulative mental model for ...13 14. 14 15. 15 16. 16 17. 17 18. instaGrok instaGrok tutorialhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXBVTAkXssI&feature=player_embedded Explore an interactive concept map Understand connections between key concepts andfacts Customize your map with facts and , links Key Facts show important facts about the topic (withlinks to the original content page) Difficulty Slider adjusts the difficulty of the material Quizzes offer fun challenges that reinforce learning andencourage exploration Glossary defines important terms 18 19. 19 20. Wolfram-Alpha http://www.wolframalpha.com/ Computational Knowledge Engine - is more than a search engine. It gives youaccess to the worlds facts and dataand calculates answers across a rangeof topics, ... 20 21. 21 22. WolframAlphaI can never get family tree straight, I typed in "first cousin twice removed" and WolframAlpha gave me this: 22 23. 10 Tech Tools You Need toTackle Classroom Challenges Research and information fluency Creativity-Innovation Communication Collaboration Global connections Critical thinking Problem solving Presentation Skills Professional growth Community involvement 23 24. Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques (2nd Edition) Rethink the Way You Think Michael Michalko reveals life-changing tools that will helpyou think like a genius. Techniques for approaching problems in unconventionalways. 24 25. Walt Disney ImagineeringThe Imagineering Workout /WayThe Disney Imagineers25 26. Wired Magazine | Wired.com http://www.wired.com/magazine/ Build a TrebuchetWatch Star Wars The Right WayGeekdad-Hardware Make Electric Play-DohScience in The Bath Puzzles for Ages 6-17 How to Build an Art Bot Build a Hovercraft26 27. GlogsterGlogster.EDU Lesson ideas to foster creativity andhigher order thinking skills Teachers and students can createinteractive posters for research,websites, presentations, reflection, 27 28. 28 29. 29 30. http://www.moglue.com/ 30 31. Web based 3D-CAD for kids: Tinkercad &3DTin https://tinkercad.com/home/(Bonus: Origo, a 3Dprinter for 10 year olds)31 32. 32 33. 10 Tech Tools You Need to Tackle Classroom Challenges Research and information fluency Creativity-Innovation Communication- Oral/Written Collaboration Global connections Critical thinking Problem solving Presentation Skills Professional growth Community involvement 33 34. Just FOUND !!!!! . Page99TESTRead page 99 of anew book and,according to FordMadox Ford, youllknow whether youwant to read thewhole thing. A newwebsite plans to letus all try this out. Would you turn the page? www.page99test.com 34 35. Creative Writing Storybird http://storybird.com/ Build your own stories (with images) and sharethem with others ZooBurst - www.zooburst.com/ a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easilycreate his or her own 3D pop-up books. Sign up!Learn More. Premium ZooBurst accounts are ...35 36. 36 37. Where could you use it?http://zooburst.com/zb_gallery.php ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyoneeasily create his or her own 3D pop-up books.37 38. Three Minute Tales Tell a three-five minute story,most of us stumble. Writing a 500-word story"strikes at the very heart of theshort story as a project, whichis to get something goingrapidly. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10568592538 39. Round 6 Stories Send us original works of fiction One of the characters tells a joke One of the characters cries Our Round 6 winner was "A Saint And A Criminal" byLauri Anderson. http://www.npr.org/2011/04/03/133542373/a-saint-and-a-criminal 39 40. 10 Tech Tools You Need toTackle Classroom Challenges Research and information fluency Creativity-Innovation Communication Collaboration-Global connections Critical thinking Problem solving Presentation Skills Professional growth Community involvement 40 41. Give Kids A Global Voice: Globalize the Curriculumhttp://www.epals.com/ Using Web 2.0 ToolsSocial Networking for GlobalCollaborative 41 42. Student/Collaboration: Project Overview Friendly letters with email Compared cultures Connect: Skype/Video Conf Completed documentary42 43. Connectingclassrooms in 200countries 20 million students& teachers>>>Select a Country43 44. Project Search 44 45. Projects - Collaborations The Way We Are Weather Digital Storytelling Holidays and Festivals Natural DisastersAround the World Water Global Warming Habitats Maps45 46. Select a classroom from the list of profiles 46 47. The Way We AreEn Espaolhttp://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=TheWayWeAre_overview Essential Questions How is my life similar to and different from my ePals life? How does the natural environment where my ePal lives affect his or her life? What effect does the culture in my ePals region have on his or her life? 47 48. Flat Classroom Projects http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/ Flat Classroom Directors, Julie Lindsayand Vicki Davis, are excited to announcethe opening of projects for 2011-12 48 49. Flat Classroom Project ePals Global Community Global Collaborative Projects 10 Best Collaboration Websites Global Internet Collaborative Projects Want to start global collaboration! - ePals Global Community iEARN-Learning with the world, not just about it Global Education Collaborative Global SchoolNet49 50. 10 Tech Tools You Need toTackle Classroom Challenges Research and information fluency Creativity-Innovation Communication Collaboration Global connections Critical thinking Problem solving Presentation Skills Professional growth Community involvement 50 51. Critical Thinking Exercises Involves suspending your beliefs to explore and questiontopics from a "blank page" point ofview. Involves the ability to know fact fromopinion when exploring a topic.51 52. What is Critical Thinking?In 1605, Sir Francis Bacon, the father of scientificthinking, outlined these habits of mind (paraphrased): 52 53. Relationships among things Distinctions Inquisitive Doubt-ask questions. Reflecting Consider multiple points of view.Formulate an argument-reason andevidence. Deception.53 54. How Can I Learn to Think Critically?A well cultivated critical thinker: Raises vital questions Assesses relevant information Comes to well-reasoned solutions Thinks open-mindedly & about the implications Thinks about practical consequences Communicates effectively with other Rely on reason rather than emotion Evaluate a broad range of viewpoints and Maintain an open mind to alternative interpretations Accept new evidence, explanations and findings Are willing to reassess information Can put aside personal prejudices and biases Consider all reasonable possibilities Avoid hasty judgments 54 55. CSI Web Adventures for Students http://forensics.rice.edu/index.html Rice University has partnered with CBS,the American Academy of ForensicSciences, and the Fort Worth Museum ofScience and History to produceeducational web adventures based on theCSI television series. 55 56. http://forensics.rice.edu/index.ht ml 56 57. http://forensics.rice.edu/index.html 57 58. http://forensics.rice.edu/en/Game-Features/ 58 59. Thinking Critically About UFOs Conspiracy Theories in Aerospace His A Lesson in Critical Thinking for the Internet Age http://www.smithsonianconference.org/conspiracy/roswell/ Welcome and Introduction to Critical ThinkingRecording Available 59 60. 60 61. Thinking Critically About UFOsRecording Available Thinking Critically About AmeliaEarharts DisappearanceRecording Available Thinking Critically About the Attack on PearRecording Available Thinking Critically About the Apollo Moon L Recording Available 61 62. http://www.smithsoniansource.org/display/lessonplan/viewdetails.aspx?TopicI =1004&LessonPlanId=101662 63. Boston Massacre Smithsonian Source Lesson Plan: Fact, Fiction, or Bad Mem http://www.cfmediaview.com/lp1.aspx?v=6_544944165_28861_19 Lesson plan to commemorate the Boston Massacre - March 5, 1770. Using primary and secondary source documents Students can evaluate bias or point of view Investigating what really happened outside the BostonCustoms House Between the colonists and British soldiers Appropriate for grades 4-12 National standards are addressed for this grades63http://www.smithsoniansource.org/display/lessonplan/viewdetails.aspx?TopicId=1004&LessonPlanId=1016 64. 10 Tech Tools You Need to Tackle Classroom Challenges Research and information fluency Creativity-Innovation Communication Collaboration Global connections Critical thinking Problem solving Presentation Skills Professional growth Community involvement 64 65. Edheads helpsstudents learnthrough educationalgames and activities.Designed to meethttp://www.edheads.org/state and nationalstandards.65 66. 66 67. MagicPen Draw shapes - affected by gravity, friction, and inertia. Physics. Shapes will fall to the ground, bump against eachother, and sit still unless acted upon by another movingshape. Mouse-driven-click and start drawing PLAY:http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/04/magic_pen.php Game Instructions http://www.bubblebox.com/play/puzzle/975.htm One of the most genius games ever.67 68. 68 69. Game Instructions MagicPen LINKS http://www.miniclip.com/games/magic-pen/en/ http://hoodamath.com/games/magicpen.php Magic Pen Walkthroughhttp://hoodamath.com/games/walkthroughs/magicpen.php 69 70. Questionaut Journey through strange worlds and test yourknowledge of English, Math and Science Magical mission-recover your friends hat. Analysis: Enough wonder and imagination here forgamers of all ages. Each level is a self-contained environmentQuestionautWalkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tipshttp://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/03/questionaut.php PLAY-CLICK BELOW: 70http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/questionaut/ 71. 71 72. QuestionautPLAY-CLICK BELOW:http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/questionaut/http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/questionaut/pop.shtmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/questionaut/http://amanita-design.net/games/questionaut.html http://www.tomsgames.com/adventure/5988-questionaut.php 72 73. Brain Games: The Best BrainFitness Puzzles [Spiral-bound]Editors of Publications International Ltd. (Author, Editor) Price $12.9873 74. Brain Games:The Best Brain Fitness Puzzles[Spiral-bound] - Price $12.98Editors of Publications International Ltd. One Way or the Other Think of the many black and white things inthe world. Name 8 or more of them Remember ONLY BLACK and WHITE 74 75. Zebra Oreo cookie Cow Piano keys Dice Speed limit sign Puffin Penguin Panda Skunk Movies Soccer Ball Newspaper Dalmatian Police car Orca TV shows Snoopy Prison stripes Domino Yin Yang Tuxedo Universal Product Code Crossword Puzzle Jolly Roger 75 76. Book Exercises:"BRAIN STORMING"(sample from the book)by Marty Fligor Published by CreativePublishing Mansfield Center, CT76 77. Practice :Where in the world would you find a leaf or leaves?orList uses for a balloon 77 78. Practice 13: Name things that have holes in them. Practice 36:Give uses for a piece of toast Practice 47:Give uses for a windshield wiper Practice 58:Give ways to put out dragons fire Practice 79:In 1 minute name countries Compare and Complex - Name aPractice:manufactured item for each letter of the alphabet.(example a-abacus b-blockc- car etc Practice: Your ship is sinking. What will you do?( really think outside to box on this one or throw the box away)78 79. 10 Tech Tools You Need to TackleClassroom Challenges Research and information fluency Creativity-Innovation Communication Collaboration Global connections Critical thinking Problem solving Professional growth Community involvement Presentation Skills 79 80. Currikihttp://www.curriki.org Free, global, community-driven, open-source web site Allows educators to freeteaching resources Activities, lesson plans, units ofstudy, and whole courses onCurriki Validated by subject-areaexperts Templates provided -materials80 81. EduHound.com EduHound Directory is a highly specialized K-12 educational directory withcategorized resource links. EduHound Lesson Plans Awesome Clipart for Educators EducatorTemplates.com81 82. RubiStar Homehttp://rubistar.4teachers.org/ Free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics Choose a Topic to create a new rubric based on atemplate: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ 82 83. : Home of free rubric tools:RCampus.com iRubric: The only free rubric builder andassessment tool. Working with rubrics hasnever been easier. Build, Assess, Share,and Collaborate using our intuitive ... Over 164,000 rubrics and growing... http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm 83 84. Build Your PLN (Personal Learning Network)84 85. Classroom 2.0All Members ( 60,819 )http://www.classroom20.com/85 86. Steve Hargadon [email protected] http://www.stevehargadon.com/ Tuesday night 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12midnightGMT Panel discussion on "Open Source Softwarein Education." Log in by either visiting the page above ordirectly in Elluminate at.. 86 87. Classroom 2.0 LIVE Conversations(with hosts Peggy George, Kim Caise, and Lorna Costantini) 87 88. Think you know TWITTER. Think again!http://mashable.com/2011/06/28/why-social-networking-utopia-isnt-coming/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%2988 89. twitter in 60 secondshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYz9M70KVR0&feature=player_embedded#! 89 90. What can I do with Twitter ? Instant updates News Friends and family Homework Ask for recommended books Ask for help or advice Tweet about a useful web resource Provide a daily tip Tweet about your schools website Answer someone elses general question Ask others for favorites90 91. Five Ways Twitter Will Make You Smarter 1. You get access to different points of views. 2. The people you follow point you to greatresources you wouldnt find otherwise. 3. You can poll your followers. 4. You can learn what educators are sayingabout your district or school. 5. Twitter will make you a better writer. 91 92. Twitter In Education - Gift for Administrators by Beth StillWho Should I Follow ? http://www.drhowie.com/92 93. 10 Tech Tools You Need to Tackle Classroom ChallengesResearch and information fluencyCreativity-InnovationCommunicationCollaborationGlobal connectionsCritical thinkingProblem solvingProfessional growth Community involvementPresentation Skills93 94. CommunityConnectionsMake a connection and contribution to society ..whatcan I do to change the world ?94 95. Kiva - http://www.kiva.com Pay-It-Forward: Collecting donations for KivaMicro-loans Microbank project teaches lessons in appliedphilanthropy, capitalism FreeRice-non-profit websiteby United NationsWorld Food Program. http://www.freerice.com/ Two goals:1. Provide education to everyone for free.2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.95 96. Kids are Heroes - Kids aremaking a difference in this world96 97. Non-Profits. Gabe ONeill (@kidsareheroes). Gabe, makes every single child a hero. He shares their inspiring stories,encourages them to change the world97 98. 10 Tech Tools You Need to Tackle Classroom ChallengesResearch and information fluencyCreativity-InnovationCommunicationCollaborationGlobal connectionsCritical thinkingProblem solvingProfessional growthCommunity involvement Presentation Skills98 99. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/696/1 Presentation is designed to introduce your students to acontribute to strong, effective,variety of factors thatand ethical persuasion Slides presented here are designed to aid the facilitator in aninteractive presentation of the elements of persuasivewriting Include examples and questions For students will be required to write a persuasivedocument Helps students think in depth about audience.99 100. Effective Presentation Skills.How important are our presentationskills in our careers? Tips for Killer Presentations http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/18-tips-for-killer-presentatio100 101. Becoming a competent, rather than justconfident, speaker requires a lot of practice. 20-20-30 Rule 20 slides, 20 seconds ,20 minutes, 30 pt font. Be Entertaining and informative. Slow Down Eye Contact Presentations are About Stories Project Your Voice Gestures Breathe In Not Out Short Summary Come Early, Really Early Get Practice Put Yourself in the Audience Have Fun 101 102. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTZrPVqR0D8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ6ySMXYY4w Knock ..Knock Daniel Beaty A gifted intelligent performer on the order of Gil Scott-Heron. Ill never forget this guy! I competed against him in forensics (speech and debate) back in high school in 1994 when he was just 15! " His talent was obvious even then--he won every competition he entered. I always wondered if hed hit it big one day. Very nice, humble guy too. 102 103. 3 kinds of people 1. Visitors 2. Renters Dr. Howie DiBlasi Emerging Technologies Evangelist 3. 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